The fourth child of [[Gerontius]], the [[Old Took]], who married [[Rosa Baggins]] and was thus very distantly related to both [[Bilbo]] and [[Frodo]]. Among his great-grandchildren were both [[Peregrin Took]] (the son of Hildigrim's grandson [[Paladin Took II|Paladin]]) and [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] (the son of his granddaughter [[Esmeralda Took|Esmeralda]]). Hildigrim never became [[Thain]] himself, but the Thainship did eventually pass to his descendants, so that [[Paladin Took II|Paladin II]] and his line held that distinction.